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Contact
Person – Ms. Maxine Hoffman
(Chief Food Storage Inspector)
e-mail: maxine.hoffman@fspid.gov.jm
Being
the FSPID’s front-line unit, the Inspectorate
and Disinfestation Unit (IDU) is responsible for mitigating
food and feed loss due to infestation and contamination
while ensuring that only safe and wholesome food and feed are offered
for sale to consumers.
In April 2019, the IDU become the first inspection body in Jamaica and the second in the
English-speaking Caribbean to be accredited by the Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation
(JANAAC) to the ISO/IEC 17020:2012 International Standard. The scope of this accreditation covers
food and feed inspection of ships, shipping containers and premises. This accreditation demonstrates
that the IDU is conducting its inspections according to international standards.
Services Offered:
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| A shipment of contaminated rice being disposed of under the supervision of an FSPID inspector |
A phosphine fumigation being conducted |
- Regulatory inspection of food and feed
at ports of entry (including ships) and any food storage,
manufacturing and retailing facility to ensure that
food is safe and that food areas are suitable for food
storage. Other establishments where food is prepared
and/or consumed, e.g. hospitals, prisons, schools, etc.
are inspected
- Random
and/or selective sampling of inspected food and feed
for analyses by FSPID’s laboratory services to
ensure that commodities are free of insect and rodent
infestation, microbial, chemical and physical contamination,
biological toxins and radionuclides
- Disinfestation
of food, feed and food facilities via fumigation, spraying,
misting, fogging and rodent baiting
- Regulatory
fumigation of used, imported tyres to prevent the entry
and establishment of the Asian tiger mosquito
- Fumigation
of imported tobacco, lumber, bamboo, straw and wicker
craft and other agricultural products which are liable
to infestation
- Fumigation
of seeds for planting
- Consultation re food storage and pest management to
minimize infestation and contamination and to facilitate
disinfestation and inspection
- Provision
of certificates for damaged/contaminated food and feed
cargo attesting to type and amount of damage for insurance
purposes
- Fumigation and provision of fumigation certificates
for durable agricultural products such as pimento, cocoa,
cola nuts, cotton and leather
- Evaluation of incoming cargo of food and feed to ascertain
that commodities meet specifications of the purchasers
- Fumigation of libraries, library books and museums for
preservation of material
- Pest control records review
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| The FSPID fumigation chamber |
FSPID staff carrying out an inspection and sampling on a cargo ship |
The FSPID also has an office in Western Jamaica. Click here for more information
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Related:
Safe Food Storage
National Food Safety Compliance Programme |
